Outside Tongji Gate.
Li Laosan stood in the crowd, wiping his tears and looking at the driver who appeared.
Li Jiu is a tough man who has been strong for a lifetime. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help crying and said to Li Laosan with a choked sob: "Brother, we will never have the chance to drink with the emperor in the future."
Li Laosan raised his head and tried to shed his tears, but they eventually fell out. The old wrinkles did not retain them.
Many years ago, the Huaiyuan embankment burst, and the imperial court moved a large number of people to Jinling with work-in-lieu relief.
I thought it was just a temporary job and I would go back to rebuild my home and continue farming after the work was done.
Who could have imagined that the emperor's appearance changed everything. He settled everyone and took care of everything he could. He did not let anyone starve to death outside the city, nor did he let anyone shiver in the cold wind. Winter.
With the emergence of concrete roads, I was fortunate enough to participate in it, mastered the construction methods of concrete roads, and became a foreman in road construction.
Emperor Jianwen changed the situation of his family from a poor family with nothing to a well-off family with some surplus. The thatched house became a tile-roofed house, and the once naive son Li Sheng also graduated from the Imperial College and entered the court to work. He who once hesitated for a long time to buy a drink and finally turned around can now drink two taels of wine a day. Live a comfortable life...
After living for a long time, I saw the scenes of hell, heard the sound of rolling heads, lived a life of begging for alms, and finally lived like a human being.
Li Laosan was deeply grateful to Emperor Jianwen and was reluctant to let him leave Jinling. The same goes for Li Jiu, and the same goes for those Huaiyuan refugees who stayed in Jinling.
These people have finally taken root in Jinling and find it difficult to abandon Jinling. They can only express their reluctance in this way of seeing them off.
Zhu Wenkui and Han Xiayu were sitting in the same carriage. Han Xiayu wanted to look outside, but Zhu Wenkui stopped him: "This is Father's moment, we'd better not show up." Xiu Shuzhu
Han Xiayu thought about it, and the people in Jinling came not to send gifts to the court, but to send gifts to the emperor.
"Walking each other to see each other off, crying goodbye, is this the burning heart?"
Han Xiayu asked.
Zhu Wenkui nodded slightly: "Yes, this is the people's heart. My father has ruled the country for twelve years and has already won the hearts of the people. One day, I will become a person like my father, who is diligent and loves the people."
Han Xiayu tilted his head and smiled: "It's not that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. You should surpass my father."
"Beyond Father?"
Zhu Wenkui was stunned.
In my heart, my father is an insurmountable mountain and an insurmountable sea.
He pushed martial arts to the highest peak.
In order to govern the country, he simplified the two taxes internally, folded all kinds of money, promoted the whip method, and abandoned all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. He changed business policies, introduced floating tax rates, and developed maritime trade. He promoted education, the Imperial College led the world's knowledge, social studies recruited children... Xiu Shuzhu
With martial arts, he solved Annan, conquered the Western Regions, eliminated Japan, defeated the Tatars, and disintegrated the Oara. Now he is fully reforming his country and seeking to station troops in Uzang...
Emperor Father has solved almost all the enemies and threats on the Ming Dynasty's borders, and he has paved almost all the way forward.
It is simply unimaginable to surpass his father.
Han Xiayu looked at Zhu Wenkui who was bowing his head and said nothing, and said with a smile: "Perhaps when the emperor was the prince, he never thought that he could surpass Taizu. But now the historian is full of praise, saying that the emperor can equal or even surpass Taizu. . You can do it some other time."
Zhu Wenkui shook his head: "My father said that no one can surpass Taizu. Taizu solved the problem of the Han people getting back on their feet and lit the fire of Chinese civilization. He was an unsurpassable pioneer. Even if There are countless achievements, but they are just a step forward on the foundation laid by Taizu, just like stepping on the foundation laid by the predecessors and building a higher wall upwards."
Han Xiayu blinked: "Then you can build it higher on the emperor's wall."
Zhu Wenkui nodded, feeling much more comfortable.
I don't need to pursue surpassing my father in the future, I just need to continue to do everything well on his basis.
Taizu was the one who laid the foundation, and my father was the one who erected the pillars, so I should be the one who added the bricks and tiles.
As long as the Ming Dynasty is governed in an orderly manner, the politics are clear, the people live and work in peace and contentment, businessmen come and go day and night, and science and technology continue to develop, I can hope to become a wise king.
There were cries in the farewell procession.
Empress Dowager Lu looked at Ma Enhui and sighed softly: "You should be sitting with the emperor, why do you come here?"
Ma Enhui straightened her clothes and said, "At this time, one person is better than two people in the jade chariot. After more than ten years of governing the country, with people's hearts like this, the emperor will definitely feel a lot of emotion and gratification. It's okay to let him smile alone."
Empress Dowager Lu patted Ma Enhui's hand, listened to the voices outside, and said with a smile: "The human heart is the foundation of a country, and you have worked hard over the years. In these people's hearts, you have a share of credit."
Ma Enhui shook her head gently: "What I have done is nothing compared to the Emperor."
Queen Mother Lu just smiled and said nothing.
The queen did a lot of things, including building a stable harem, many royal properties, educating the prince, harmonizing the relationship between the concubines, and spending time with herself, an old woman, etc.
Without the queen in charge, Zhu Yunwen could not concentrate on handling matters in the court.
"The hearts and minds of the people are the most precious thing in the dynasty." Empress Dowager Lu sighed, stretching out her hand to open a corner of the curtain: "Now that the Ming Dynasty has this precious thing, prosperity can be expected. It's a pity that Emperor Xiaokang..."
in the crowd.
Huang Eryue held Chen Yu's hand, his eyes moist.
Chen Yu sniffed and said softly: "Are we really not going to Beijing with you?"
Huang Eryue looked at Chen Yu and lowered his head unbearably: "We can't go to Beijing. Steam engine textile has been completely successful and all problems have been solved. The era of steam textile is coming. We must stay in Jinling and prepare. Good dumping, this is the mission entrusted to us by the emperor."
Chen Yu choked up: "I just can't bear to leave the emperor and the queen. They went to Beijing, and we don't know how many years it will take to see them back."
Huang Eryue exerted his strength and squeezed Chen Yu's hand: "After we send away the naval fleet, we will start preparing for the first large-scale dumping. The emperor said that the West should no longer have handicrafts and rely entirely on Products of the Ming Dynasty. If we want to control the West and contain the West, we should give it to them. So what do you say?"
Chen Yu rolled his eyes at Huang Eryue: "The Emperor said that the West should be made to realize that it is better to buy from Ming Dynasty than to buy from Ming Dynasty, and completely occupy the Western market with high-quality and low-priced goods."
